Manley The WAVE DAC/Preamp 20 Bit Version Serial Code WAVE000-015 1999 - 2002 - Manual (Page 7)

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All the buttons and LEDs are blue and the name "The Wave" came from a comment that the lit front panel
looked like an ocean wave breaking. The buttons glow dimly to assist in darkened rooms, and only glow
brightly when that function is selected.
A) INFRARED SENSOR. This is the reciever for the infrared remote control. It doesn't light up ever.
B) COMMAND. Indicator to show a valid command from the remote control or front panel. Push any button.
C) SAMPLING RATE INDICATORS. Light up to show the incoming digital signal's sample rate and will not
light until the anti-jitter circuitry has locked onto valid data.
D) Phase. Reverses the polarity of the Digital Converter when pushed and lit. This can be a subtle effect
however because it is performed in the digital domain does not degrade fidelity. It has no effect on analog
inputs.
E) HDCD. Lit when the source is HDCD encoded and is being HDCD decoded.
F) DIGITAL INPUT SELECT. Pushing one of these 4 buttons selects from either the AES/EBU, S/PDIF,
Toslink or ST (glass fiber) Inputs to the Digital to Analog Converter and S/PDIF digital output. The last button
pushed (of these 4) stays lit even if one of the 4 ANALOG INPUT SELECT buttons is pushed to indicate
which source is still feeding the digital output. This feature allows one to use an external DAC which could
return into any of the analog inputs, and allows easy digital recording.
G) ANALOG INPUT SELECT. Pushing one of these 4 buttons selects from the 4 stereo analog inputs. In
conjunction with the DIGITAL INPUT SELECT, the last pushed of these 8 buttons, is what is being heard.
H) VOLUME CONTROL. I guess we don't really have to explain what this does but we can tell you it is a
custom-made precision 4 gang conductive plastic motorized Noble pot. It requires 2 gangs per channel
because the signal is balanced right into the tube line amplifier.
I) INSERT. If you what a TAPE LOOP or PROCESSING LOOP is, then you know what this button does. It
allows an external device like a tape machine or Equalizer to be used with the selected source and breaks
into the normal signal flow right before the Volume Control with the INSERT RETURN to monitor that path.
"INSERT" is a word borrowed from professional audio. With nothing patched into the loop, when the button is
pushed, the signal is cut off. If this is annoying, just use a simple short interconnect to patch the INSERT
SEND to the INSERT RETURN.
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